Saturday, May 12, 2012

Amazing Quotes 3: Voltaire


Some amazing Quotes from Voltaire:

I disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.“

Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.“

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.“

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.“

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.“

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.“

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.“

Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities.“

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